Psalm 129
A Song of Ascents.
“Many a time have they fought against me from my youth on,” may Israel now say;
“Indeed, many a time have they afflicted me from my youth on, but they have not prevailed against me.
The plowers plowed upon my back, and made long furrows.
But the righteous Lord has hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces.”
Let them be ashamed and turned backward, as many as hate Zion.
Let them be as the grass growing upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
Which does not fill the hand of the reaper, neither the bosom of him who binds up the sheaves,
So that those who go by say not so much as, “The Lord prosper you. We bless you in the Name of the Lord.”
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